Convicted Criminals Diagnosed with Schizophrenia Include:
Morgan Geyser- An girl with undiagnosed schizophrenia, who at only 12 years old was responsible for instigating the 2014 stabbing and attempted murder of Payton Leutner, more commonly known as the "Slenderman stabbing". Her strong belief that the fictional character Slenderman was real and her need to impress him, along with other issues separating fiction and reality, lead to her diagnosis.
Richard Chase- More commonly known as "The Vampire of Sacramento", Chase had paranoid schizophrenia and antisocial personality disorder. By his late teens he began to answer to voices that were never there and became extremely paranoid and delusional about his health, leading to multiple doctors diagnosing him with paranoid schizophrenia. The murders of the 6 people he is responsible for is far more likely due to his antisocial personality disorder, as it is not common for people with only schizophrenia to commit serial murders. Another serial killer with both of these diagnoses is Daniel Gonzalez, the inspiration for The Nightmare on Elm Street.
Ed Gein- The inspiration for many silver screen killers such as Leatherface, Buffalo Bill, and Norman Bates; Gein's emotional flatness and probable delusions lead to his diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Morgan Geyser- An girl with undiagnosed schizophrenia, who at only 12 years old was responsible for instigating the 2014 stabbing and attempted murder of Payton Leutner, more commonly known as the "Slenderman stabbing". Her strong belief that the fictional character Slenderman was real and her need to impress him, along with other issues separating fiction and reality, lead to her diagnosis.
Richard Chase- More commonly known as "The Vampire of Sacramento", Chase had paranoid schizophrenia and antisocial personality disorder. By his late teens he began to answer to voices that were never there and became extremely paranoid and delusional about his health, leading to multiple doctors diagnosing him with paranoid schizophrenia. The murders of the 6 people he is responsible for is far more likely due to his antisocial personality disorder, as it is not common for people with only schizophrenia to commit serial murders. Another serial killer with both of these diagnoses is Daniel Gonzalez, the inspiration for The Nightmare on Elm Street.
Ed Gein- The inspiration for many silver screen killers such as Leatherface, Buffalo Bill, and Norman Bates; Gein's emotional flatness and probable delusions lead to his diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Based on the summary of Richard Chase being diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Anti-Social PD, how common is it to have two overlapping disorders?
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